China's government believes that improving incomes and welfare in the countryside is crucial to securing economic growth and averting discontent that could fester into threats to Communist Party rule. Here are some questions and answers about China's countryside and the policies of President Hu Jint Full story

Wang Pengkai, an actor playing the part of China's former Chairman Mao Zedong, poses for a portrait during the filming of the upcoming television drama on the founding of China's Communist Party in Weihai, Shandong province June 13, 2011. China's Communist Party will celebrate its 90th anniversary o

A Pakistan national flag flies alongside a Chinese national flag in front of the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong on Beijing's Tiananmen Square during Pakistan' Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's visit May 18, 2011. PM Yusuf Raza Gilani's visit to China from Tuesday allows Islamabad to show it has an